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Golf at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Women's individual

Golf at the Olympics

Field	Value
event	Women's individual golf
games	1900 Summer
image	Paris 1900 - Golf - Two competitors next to the same hole (cropped).jpg
caption	Women's golf at the 1900 Summer Olympics
venue	Compiègne Golf Club
date	3 October 1900
competitors	10
nations	2
longnames	yes
gold	Margaret Abbott
goldNOC	USA
silver	Pauline Whittier
silverNOC	SUI
bronze	Abbie Pratt
bronzeNOC	FRA
next	2016

A women's golf tournament was played at the 1900 Summer Olympics. It was the only time women's golf was featured at the Olympics until 2016. There were 10 competitors from 2 nations (France and the United States) at the event, which was played on 3 October at the Compiègne Club. Despite being Americans, Whittier and Pratt are considered by the IOC to have represented Switzerland and France, respectively. Abbott was in Paris accompanying her mother and studying art. Whittier was an American studying in St. Moritz. Pratt was an American who spent significant time in Europe and competed under the auspices of the (French) Dinard Golf Club.

Abbott later told her family that she won the tournament:

because all the French girls apparently misunderstood the nature of the game scheduled that day and turned up to play in high heels and tight skirts".

Abbott's mother, Mary Abbott also competed in the event; it is the only time that a mother and daughter have competed in the same Olympic event at the same Games.

Background

In the preparation for the 1900 Games, a Special Advisory Committee led by Jacques de Pourtalès (a cousin of Hermann de Pourtalès, who along with his wife Hélène de Pourtalès won a gold medal in sailing in 1900) proposed a golf tournament be included given that the sport was popular in many countries (though not well known in France). The result was the first Olympic golf tournament, held at the Compiègne golf club. Divisions for both men and women, as well as a men's handicap division (not considered Olympic) were set.

Golf would be held again in 1904, with individual and team men's events that year. In 1908, which would have again been a men-only event, a dispute among the host nation's golfers resulted in all of the British competitors boycotting, leaving only a single competitor – George Lyon of Canada – and resulting in the cancellation of the event.

Women’s golf returned to the Olympics in 2016, at the Rio Games.

Competition format

The women's event consisted of a 9-hole stroke play tournament. The scores for each of the 9 holes were summed to give a total for each player, with the lowest score winning. In the event of a tie, a replayed hole would be used.

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
Wednesday, 3 October 1900		Final

Results

The women played half a round (9 holes) on 3 October.

Rank	Player	Nation	Score
		USA	47
		SUI	49
		FRA	53
4		FRA	56
5		USA	57
6		FRA	58
7		USA	65
	FRA
9		FRA	76
10		FRA	80

References

Sources

International Olympic Committee medal winners database

References

"Golf at the 1900 Summer Olympics: Individual, Women". Olympedia.
Holmes, Tao Tao. (August 10, 2016). "The First American Woman to Win an Olympic Championship Didn't Even Know It". Atlas Obscura.
"Paris 1900 Golf Individual women Results".
Fox, Margalit. (March 8, 2018). "Margaret Abbott". [[The New York Times]].
(December 1982). "Search for Margaret Abbott". International Olympic Committee.
"Hélène, Countess de Pourtalès". Olympedia.
Official Report, pp. 77–78.
Official Report, p. 79.

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